stylitism


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sty·lite

(stī′līt′)
n.
One of a number of early Christian ascetics who lived unsheltered on the tops of high pillars.
[Late Greek stūlītēs, from Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
sty·lit′ic (-lĭt′ĭk) adj.
sty′lit·ism (stī′lī′tĭz-əm) n.
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stylitism

(ˈstaɪlaɪˌtɪzəm)
n
the practice of being a stylite
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She uses evidence and perspectives from archaeology, history, art history, literature, and theology to discuss such topics as a parallel evolution: issues in vernacular architecture and the development of church building in Syria and Georgia, Symeon and his followers: stylitism as a cultural trend between Syria and Georgia, the Syrian bema and the Georgian pre-altar cross: a comparison of the liturgical furnishings of the nave in the two traditions, and the unknown factors: evidence from the cave monasteries and the significance of Georgian vernacular religion as a relic of earlier ritual practices.
Architecture and Asceticism: Cultural interaction Between Syria and Georgia in Late Antiquity
Tolstoy experimented with incognito iurodstvo as a means of balancing between stylitism and socialism.
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